Dress form and method of making same



July 8, 1941.

. M. LORD DRESS FORM AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME Filed Jan. 8, 1940 3Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR Mar/e Zora WW ATTORNEY July 8, 1941. M. LORDDRESS FORM AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Jan. 8, 1940INVENTOR Mar/e Zara W/ ATTORNEY July 8, 1941. M. LORD 2,248,102

DRESS FORM'AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME Filed Jan. 8, 1940 3 Sheets-Sheet 3INVENTOR Max/" e Zora ATTORNEY Patented July 8, 1941 UNITED "STATES TE TOFFICE.

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Marie Lord, San Francisco, Calif. Application January 8, 1940, SerialNo. 312,972

In general, the present invention'relates to dress forms of theindividual type, and more particularly to the construction and method ofproducing a forrnwhich will accurately reflect the body contours,height, and'posture of the person for whom it is made, just as these areto appear or be embodied in the outer garments or dresses fitted on theform. Accordingly, the primary object of the invention is to provide anindividualized dress form presenting the shape and measurements of thefitted dress rather than the form of the bodys surfaces, thus permittinga dress to be fitted thereon in the course of production instead of onthe intended wearer.

Another object of the invention is to provide a dress form which will bedurable, light, and adapted readily to receive pins when fitting agarment thereto, without injury to the material of the form.

A further object is to provide a simplified and improved method forproducing such a form while assuring the accuracy of reproduction of theposture, contours, and measurements desired.

The foregoing, as well as other objects and advantages which will appearare attained by the method and construction hereinafter described inconnection with the accompanying drawings where:

Figure 1 is a front view of the completed form;

Figure 2 is a rear View, with a section cut away to show under layers ofthe structure;

Figure 3 is an enlarged section on the line 33 of Figure 2;

Figures 4, 5, and 6 are front, side, and rear views, respectively, ofthe dress form as it appears during an intermediate stage in assembly ofits component parts;

Figure 7 is an illustration of the sheet of muslin, covered cardboard,or the like, bearing the outlines of the parts shown in assembled formin Figures 4 to 6;

Figure 8 is an edge view of the sheet referred to in the description ofFigure '7, showing its layers of material;

Figures 9 and 10 are disassembled views, respectively showing the partsused to form the front and rear covering sections of the dress form, asthese parts first appear when cut out from muslin or the like on thebasis of original measurements taken from an individual.

In the practice of the invention measurements are first taken over theperson of the individual for whom the form is intended, the individualbeing dressed except for the outside garment or rear sections, asillustrated These original pattern sections are next porarily assembled;as by pinning together, and then fitted on the person and the patternsections are suitably marked to show any desirable corrections in theoutlines of the original pattern sections.

As the next step, the sections are disassembled, and the correctedoutlines of the related skirt sections In (Figure 7) in juxtaposedrelation, and of the similarly related front and rear Waist sections IIand I2, are transferred to a prepared flexible base material which maybe light cardboard I3 reinforced by an adherent layer of light cloth ormuslin l4 (Figures 3 and 8). This transfer can be made by tracing thecorrected outlines of the sections over carbon paper. This transferredoutline will therefore embody the alterations in the original patternsections, such as darts I5 in the skirt sections, as were foundnecessary to produce a well fitting dress and assure inclusion thereofin the finished form.

The transferred pattern of the skirt and the transferred patterns of thefront and rear of the Waist are next cut out from the cardboard base andthe free edges sewed together, or otherwise joined as by securing to aninner tubular member lllw, to produce the assembled base or foundationof the dress form, as shown in Figures 4 to 6. There it will be seenthat the portion outlining the sections ll] of the skirt have been bentinto cylindrical form, and all edges of the several pattern sectionshave been joined to produce a unitary foundation form having the exactsurface conformation of the partly dressed individual on whom theoriginal pattern was fitted. A collar section l6 may be provided on thisfoundation. The skirt portion is extended so that the foundation form ismade in the exact height of the individual, and in order to reinforcethe lower edge on which the form stands, the cardboard base material ispreferably doubled.

The foundation form as now constructed is next covered with a thin layerof soft or fiufiy material, such as cellucotton l8 which is glued orcemented to the foundation, thereby molding all curves and bumps. Overthis the original muslin pattern sections, previously fitted on the-mitting a dress to be fitted thereon quite snug:

ly, and making it possible for arless expert dr es s slty for expertestimation of necessary allowances for arm movements, et cetera, hasbeen obviated, such allowances beingmade infitting the pattern sectionsand constructing the form.

What is claimed is: l 1. The method of producing an individual dress f ct n in; ut in Qu b i ter sections conforming! to individual dressmeaslurlement's," fittingfsaidsections in assembled relation io'n theperson while marking lall necessary rial on said outlines, shaping andto produce a dress form.

same to produce a dress form, covering said form with a layer of paddingmaterial, and applying and snugly uniting the original fabric patternsections over said padding material.

2. The method of producing an individual dress form consisting in;cutting out fabric pattern sections conforming to individual dressmeasurements, fitting said sections in assembled relation on-the :personwhile, marking all "necessary corrections on said sections, transferringthe out-;

lines of the corrected pattern sections to a sheet of flexible basematerial, cutting out said material onsaid outlines, shaping, anduniting same maker to produce a dress sure to fit, as all necese;$337170 produce a dress form, and C v d dress form by snugly fitting anduniting the original fabric pattern sections thereover.

3. The method of producing an individual dress form consisting in;cutting out fabric pattern sections conforming to individual dressmeasure-' ments, fitting said, sectionsin assembled relation ontheperson while marking all necessary corrections on said'sections,transferring the outlines of the corrected pattern sections, to a, sheetof flexible base material, cutting out .saidmateunitingrsame MARIE LORD.

